Mark Kubaczyk

Director

Mark manages projects that improve how people connect to economic opportunity and mobility.

Mark works with public, private, civic, and non-profit clients, leveraging physical and programmatic investment to revitalize neighborhoods, implement public-private strategies, and advance equitable economic development. In Dallas County, TX, he has been working on behalf of Dallas College to develop a real estate strategy informing how the community college system should deploy a $500 million voter-approved bond towards a Downtown Education and Innovation Hub, meant to improve how its students connect to opportunities in regional growth industries across Dallas-Fort Worth.

As one of the firm leaders in sports and entertainment district development, working with professional sports teams, developers, public agencies, and non-profits to advance visioning, planning, and implementation for stadium-oriented projects. In Chicago, Mark worked with the United Center Joint Venture – a collaboration between the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks – to develop a master plan for the 1901 Project, a 55-acre mixed-use district centered around the United Center and an iconic 20+ acre open space. In addition to developing a market analysis, Mark led a team to develop a benefits case articulating the long-term economic benefits, increased fiscal revenues, and substantive investments in community programming that the project will generate.

Mark is a proud native Chicagoan and has managed a variety of projects in Chicago, across Illinois, and throughout the broader Midwest, including projects in Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Mark holds a Master of Public Policy degree from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Law, Letters, and Society from the University of Chicago.